READS MORE:Leeds United have had more than their fair share of officating complaints and subsequent apologies this season but spare a thought for league-of-their-own Oxford United.

The Whites’ next opponents sit 17th in the Championship table. Five wins in the first half of the season led to the appointment of Gary Rowett, who has masterminded eight more including three in their last five outings. The victories over Watford and both Sheffield clubs have helped put an eight-point safety net between the U’s and the drop zone. They host a league-leading Leeds side who head into their Good Friday outing talking about all the right things with football and the promotion race taking over from last week’s discussion over officiating.Farke spoke out after assistant referee Darren Williams wrongly disallowed three perfectly good Leeds goals in the space of eight weeks. The Whites boss was flabbergasted at the decision to continue appointing Williams to Leeds games and called on the game’s authorities to protect the linesman from the potential for further controversy. Ultimately Leeds won all three of the games in which Williams incorrectly raised his offside flag but it was not enough to placate Farke.Farke said: “I’m really struggling to find proper words for having the same assistant ruling out three good goals in eight weeks for offside. If they were difficult to see I could live with this. Why do we keep sending this assistant to games for Leeds United? If he is there out of coincidence with mistakes against us, at some point you should protect him. I’m not sure why he’s always the assistant for us and rules out goals that should stand. We’re playing for such a big reward, going up to the Premier League, millions of pounds.”This level of assistant performances, I’m struggling with this to be honest. I want to be understanding. I could make my life easier and say we’ve won the game, everything